Dr. Bob. I'm a hetero guy who is very ashamed as I made a big mistake. In a drunken state I let another guy perform unprotected oral on me. I don't know what I was thinking.It lasted all of a few seconds until I realized what was going on and I...

...disease, rash etc etc, and being 100% convinced I had HIV I still couldn`t bring myself to get tested due to being in total fear of being positive until discovering your site and hearing your words "What you don`t know can kill you" over and over...
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...had HIV, was more than terrifying. I'd rather not know. I'd rather play my ritual game and be the judge myself. I'd rather sit scared every night playing the "rule it out game" or relying on Google to answer questions in the way I wanted them...
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...Pregnant women in the Republic of Congo are often hesitant to be tested for HIV because of the stigma associated with AIDS and the fear of being rejected by their husbands and families, experts say. "The women are threatened by their husbands,"...
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...are HIV-positive, and 1,178 people currently are receiving antiretrovirals at public health clinics in the country. Stigma and fear also are hampering efforts to test people for HIV in the country, according to PlusNews . Although all district...
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... Though a national HIV/AIDS prevention campaign aimed at young people proclaims "Knowing Is a Beautiful Thing," fear of the unknown keeps many people from testing for the disease. To combat negative stigma and halt new infections, the Knox County
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...about this with even my closests friends. I know from all of the research I've done that I am still at low risk. However, the fear of having contracted HIV is stressing me out. It's becoming an obsession. I am married as of 4 months ago, which is...
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...about this with even my closests friends. I know from all of the research I've done that I am still at low risk. However, the fear of having contracted HIV is stressing me out. It's becoming an obsession. I am married as of 4 months ago, which is...
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...be able to confront the test and its result. I'm mad at the fact the guy didn't tell me...I feel betrayed....I have a major fear of dying now... I haven't had any symptoms up to now...but I know symptoms ( or the absence of symptoms) don't...
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...13. He is of thin complexion like his father when he was a child so I should not think anything about it, but if I think on testing him again I feel PANIC. I have always kept my toothbrush in an other shelf of the bathroom etc.etc. .... Has...
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